Paper 2008/105
Cryptanalysis of White-Box Implementations
W. Michiels, P. Gorissen, and H. D. L. Hollmann
Abstract
A white-box implementation of a block cipher is a software implementation from which it is difficult for an attacker to extract the cryptographic key. Chow et al. published white-box implementations for AES and DES that both have been cryptanalyzed. However, these white-box implementations are based on ideas that can easily be used to derive white-box implementations for other block ciphers as well. As the cryptanalyses published use typical properties of AES and DES, it remains an open question whether the white-box techniques proposed by Chow et al. can result in a secure white-box implementation for other ciphers than AES and DES. In this paper we identify a generic class of block ciphers for which the white-box techniques of Chow et al. do not result in a secure white-box implementation. The result can serve as a basis to design block ciphers and to develop white-box techniques that do result in secure white-box implementations.
Metadata
- Available format(s)
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PDF
PS
- Category
- Implementation
- Publication info
- Published elsewhere. Unknown where it was published
- Keywords
- cryptanalysiswhite-box cryptographyblock ciphers
- Contact author(s)
- wil michiels @ philips com
- History
- 2008-03-12: received
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2008/105
- License
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CC BY
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2008/105,
author = {W. Michiels and P. Gorissen and H. D. L. Hollmann},
title = {Cryptanalysis of White-Box Implementations},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2008/105},
year = {2008},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2008/105}
}
